| Title: | Arthur Evans archive : Knossos excavations |
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| Description: | The Arthur Evans archive website is part of the Oxford Digital Library and publishes the papers and drawings that Sir Arthur Evans, keeper of the Ashmolean Museum (1884-1908) left to the museum at his death. Many plans and other drawings of architectural structures are of great archaeological importance because they document the findings and contexts with greater detail than in the published plans. Several drawings of frescoes also document the original state of preservation and intermediate states of restoration of many frescoes that are otherwise known only in their restored state. Many drawings were authored by collaborators of Sir Arthur Evans. In addition to the palace of Knossos, they depict structures and artefacts found at Isopata; Zafer Papoura; Aghia Triadha; and Mycenae. The database can be browsed or searched and for each record it is given the original author, dimensions, eventual publication and other essential information. The quality of pictures is adequate for screen view and the handwritten texts can usually be read with ease; an interactive version that facilitates printing is available by clicking the "zoom" button. This is an essential website for any researcher studying Minoan Crete. |
| Keywords - controlled: | Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941; Knossós; Crete; Mycenae; Aghia Triadha |
| Keywords - uncontrolled: | Minoan |
| Type: | Bibliographic material; Datasets; Papers/reports/articles (collections); Images; Arts Projects; Reference sources; Research centres and projects |
| URL: | http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=about&c= |
| URL: | http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/collections/evansknossos.htm |
| Classification: |
Humanities > Archaeology > History and theory of archaeology Humanities > Archaeology > Aegean prehistory |
| Resource creator: | Popham, Michael (Director), Oxford University Library Services |
| Country of origin: | United Kingdom |
| Period: | 3000 - 1500 BCE |
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